Kona Luna Peaberry

Kona Luna coffee in just two words:  Mellow and smooth.

I’m not a big fan of Kona beans, because in general they’re just too mellow for my own personal tastes.  But the beans Kona Luna sent are different, somehow.  I would almost say they’re bolder than I’d usually associate with standard Kona, but that’s not quite true.  Maybe it’s that they’re richer, but it’s hard to tell because the coffee is just so smooth, so laid back, it’s hard to pin that quality down.

You’d be hard pressed to find any kind of acidity in this coffee.  I did find a ghost of it but that’s only because I left it steeping longer than usual in my French press.  It’s gentle, relaxed, and mellow.  The taste is coffee, pure coffee, with a light lattice of pecan notes, and maybe — though this is probably just my imagination — a touch of coconut.

I haven’t been to Hawaii since I was 16.  At that point I was not yet a coffee drinker, so as far as the Kona beans go, the trip was lost on me.  I was more attuned to bikinis, surfing, snorkeling, and diving with whales (true story).  Also, since the drinking age there was only 18, and I easily passed for a 19 at the time, it was another entirely different type of "brew" on which I focused.

To sum up, if I were a fan of Kona, I’d be a huge fan of Kona Luna’s coffee.  And even though I’m not, I do like it quite a bit, and heartily recommend it to anyone who’s into the Hawaiian bean.